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TEACHER. KEYNOTE SPEAKER. THOUGHT-LEADER. Gary is a dynamic teacher and insightful keynote speaker who challenges and motivates his audiences. His passion is speaking about what effective leaders need to know, do and be to overcome the chaos of everyday life. He unlocks biblical wisdom for unleashing the potential in every human being to lead themselves and others. Gary’s also been recognized during the past several years as being one of the Top 100 of the nation’s top thought-leaders in management and leadership by Leadership Excellence magazine. Gary speaks, interviews, teaches, and writes frequently on these topics. BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE Following several years of working for the Ohio State University (BA and MBA in Computer Science) and Marathon Oil, Gary co-founded and became CEO of Solomon Software, originally named “TLB, Inc.” (The Lord’s Business) headquartered in Findlay, Ohio. Under Gary’s leadership from 1980 through 2000, Solomon Software grew to more than 400 employees and $60 million in revenue, servicing over 40,000 clients worldwide, and was sold to Great Plains Software in 2000. Microsoft acquired the combined Great Plains and Solomon organizations in 2001and located a software development and support campus in Findlay, Ohio until 2004. When Microsoft consolidated its development locations, Gary founded a new organization with these resources and established Solomon Cloud Solutions, a technology consulting service firm for Microsoft Independent Software Vendors (ISV) and Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) Channel Partners. As a Business Author Gary in collaboration with Wiley Publishing is working on his third book titled "Built to Beat Chaos, Biblical Wisdom for Leading Yourself and Others." The availability date is April 2023 in retail stores and online retailers. In 2008, Gary released his second book, “Six Disciplines Execution Revolution: Solving The One Business Problem That Makes Solving All Other Problems Easier.” It became a NYT, WSJ and BusinessWeek Best Seller. In 2004, Gary published “Six Disciplines for Excellence: Building Small Business That Learn, Lead and Last”, which became an award-winning step-by-step book for continual business performance improvement.
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